How to resolve AdBlock issue? On Monday night, the council interviewed and appointed the new planning commissioners and continued the meeting on Tuesday evening when it selected members for the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee and the Measure Z Advisory Committee.
Lakeport Planning commissioners Michael Froio and Michael Green were elected to the city council in the November election, leaving their two seats vacant, with the term of a third seat, currently held by Ken Wicks Jr., up on Dec. 31.
The commission reviews planning and development matters and advises the city council on land use issues. The commission currently meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Applicants for the three seats were David Brown, Scott Barnett, Kurt Combs, Kipp Knorr, Nathan Maxman and Derek Pool.
On Monday night, following virtual interviews with applicants, the council appointed Barnett and Combs to four-year terms. Maxman, who ran for city council and narrowly lost out on winning a seat, was appointed to fill the remaining two years on Froio’s term, said City Clerk/Administrative Services Director Kelly Buendia.
Barnett, Combs and Maxman will join a commission that also includes Mark Mitchell and Jeff Warrenburg, whose terms run through the end of December 2022.
Froio, Green and Wicks took part in their last planning commission meeting in their capacity as commissioners on Wednesday night. The new members will be seated at the commission’s Jan. 13 meeting.
On Tuesday night, the council discussed the Lakeport Economic Development Advisory Committee, or LEDAC, and the Measure Z Advisory Committee, or MZAC, Buendia said.
LEDAC, which has 11 members, meets bimonthly. It advocates for a strong business community and works with the city and community on the city’s economic and business goals and activities, including business recruitment and retention, recommendations for the implementation of the city’s economic development strategic plan, and coordinating and reporting on the annual business walk.
Membership is open to anyone who lives, works, shops or does business in the city of Lakeport, including those who live in the unincorporated Lakeport trade area.
Applicants included Denise Combs, Bonnie Darling, Bill Eaton, Mary Phillips, Alicia Russell, Wilda Shock and Gene Yoon. Combs, Eaton and Shock currently serve on LEDAC.
Buendia said the council appointed Shock, Darling, Combs and Russell, and gave staff direction to appoint Eaton as an ex-officio research committee chair.
The new appointees will join Pam Harpster, Andy Lucas and Laura Sammel, whose terms expire at the end of December 2021.
In November 2016, city voters approved the 1-percent Measure Z transactions and use tax, which requires independent audits and citizens’ oversight.
As a result, MZAC was formed to review all revenues and expenditures of the tax revenue. It also makes recommendations to the city council on expenditures for tax proceeds.
MZAC’s five members serve four-year terms and the committee meets quarterly. Membership is open to residents of the city.
Applicants included Meg Harper and Zack Jordan, and incumbent Dennis Rollins.
The council appointed all three to the three open seats, Buendia said.
They will join Susan King and Verna Schaffer, whose terms run through the end of December 2022.
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